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Don Murray

1929 - 2024

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Donald Patrick Murray (July 31, 1929 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor best known for his breakout performance in the film Bus Stop (1956, with Marilyn Monroe), which earned him a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His other films include A Hatful of Rain (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959, with James Cagney), One Foot in Hell (1960, with Alan Ladd), The Hoodlum Priest (1961), Advise & Consent (1962, with Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton), Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965, with Steve McQueen and Lee Remick), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Deadly Hero (1975), and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, with Kathleen Turner). Murray starred in television series such as The Outcasts (1968–1969), Knots Landing (1979–1981), and Twin Peaks (2017). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Murray is the 3,446th most popular actor (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 5,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,899th in 2019) and the 1,621st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Don Murray ranks 3,446 out of 13,578. Before him are Holly Marie Combs, Haruo Nakajima, John Randolph, Keenan Wynn, Michel Auclair, and Bob Peterson. After him are Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Gross, Amanda Righetti, Mark Rolston, Ulli Lommel, and Valerie Mahaffey.

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Among people born in 1929, Don Murray ranks 297. Before him are Ken McGregor, Ödön Földessy, Ruth Pfau, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, and Haruo Nakajima. After him are Hubert Dreyfus, Lúcio Lara, Jean Pickering, Henry E. Holt, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and József Tóth. Among people deceased in 2024, Don Murray ranks 269. Before him are David Sanborn, Amaral, Elias Khoury, Wolfgang Becker, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Jesse Jane. After him are Clement Quartey, Shigeharu Ueki, Daniela Hodrová, Robert Towne, Willi Koslowski, and Shuntarō Tanikawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Murray ranks 5,702 out of 20,380. Before him are John Randolph (1915), Keenan Wynn (1916), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Michael Blake (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), and Bob Peterson (1961). After him are Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Michael Gross (1947), Amanda Righetti (1983), Mark Rolston (1956), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), and Lon L. Fuller (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Murray ranks 1,621. Before him are Harry Morgan (1915), Danai Gurira (1978), Holly Marie Combs (1973), John Randolph (1915), Keenan Wynn (1916), and Bob Peterson (1961). After him are Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Michael Gross (1947), Amanda Righetti (1983), Mark Rolston (1956), Eileen Heckart (1919), and Steve Cropper (1941).

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